澤村伊智

Japan

Ichi Sawamura 澤村伊智　(Japanese author, born 1979) was born in Osaka and became a fan of ghost stories and tales of horror at a young age. After graduating from college, he worked for a publishing house and then as a freelance writer before winning the 2015 Japan Horror Story Grand Prize and making his literary debut with the novel Bogiwan ga, kuru (IT Comes). In 2017 his Zunome ningyo (Zunome Doll) was shortlisted for the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize. Other titles include Kyofu shosetsu: Kirika (Scary Story: Kirika) and Shishiriba no ie (The House of Shishiriba).